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m187
Motif
Motif code:
m187
Name_eng:
Snail is a participant of the race
Description:
A snail (other mollusk, trepang, etc.) participates in the race and wins
Name_rus:
Бег наперегонки: улитка участница
Description_rus:
Участвуя в беге наперегонки, улитка (другой моллюск, трепанг и т.п.) побеждает более быстрого соперника
Motif type:
Cosmology and etiology
Motif group:
09 Identification of protagonists of the stories with particular animals or persons with particular qualities
Motif analysis result:
1. Only those Old World motifs that are not found in America besides among the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans.
4. All motifs of category 1 (cosmology) in sub-Saharan Africa and those motifs of category 2 (adventures) which are found in sub-Saharan Africa and widespread in the Indo-Pacific world with scarce or no cases in Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia
Motif analysis result tradition count all:
42
Linked traditions:
Timor: Amarasi, Tetum, Meto, Atoni (incl Mollo), Kédang (Lomblen island), Leti Islands (Leti, Moa, Lakor)
Northern Halmahera Papuans: Galela, Loda, Pagu, Modole, Tabaru (Tobaru), Tobelo, Tidore, Ternate
Kei Islands, Tanimbar Islands, Aru Islands, Watubele Islands, Babar Island
Yavanese, Kalang, Madura
Malay; Temuan (incl Mantra or Mentra), Jakun (Moken)
Simeulue, Nias
Lampung (Lampong); South Sumatra Malays (incl. Bengkulu)
Ot Danum, Ngaju, Maanyan (Ma'anyan)
Northern Luzon: Apayao, Bontoc, Nabaloi (Ibaloi), Ifugao, Igorot (highland people, not specified), Ilocan, Ilongot, Isneg, Kalinga, Kankanay, Tingian (Tinggian, Bilongan Itneg); Ibanag, Kasiguran Agta, Keley-i Kallahan
Southern Luzon: Pampango, Pangacian, Sambal, Tagal, Tayabas; Calamian
Central islands and Bikol: Vizaya, Mansaká, Bikol, Mangyan, Panayan, Sulod, Cebuano (Cebu), Capiz, Romblomanon, Manuyu
Burmese, Intha
Thai of Thailand
Katu (Ködu); Bru (incl. Van Kieu, Khua)
Khmer
Wa (incl Kawa), Bulang
Palaung (De Ang, Deang)
Khasi
Garo (Atchik), Kachari (Bodo, incl. Lalung), Dimasa, Tripuri, Riang (of Tripura), Khami, Riga, Mori
Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru
Chinese folklore: Anhui, Jiangxi and data without precise provinience (incl Hakka, Min Dong)
Portuguese
Italians: Northern (Mentona, Ticino, Valle-d’Aosta, Piemont, Liguria, Lombardia, Southern Tirol, Emilia–Romagna, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino–Alto Adige)
Romansh (Rhaeto-Romance)
French (northern France)
Dutch, Flemish
Germans: Northwest (Low- and Central German dialects): Schleswig-Holstein, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, incl. East Frisia and Oldenburg), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen
Poles
Estonians
Karelians
Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu
Kono (=Kone), Wai
Lao
Wallons, Picardie
Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, San-Marino, Lazio)
Germans: Southeast: Bawaria (incl. Ober Pfaltz), Franken, Bohemia (Sudeten), Austria
Frisians
Upper Brittany
Transylvanian Saksons
Sundanese
Germans – Southwest: Alsace (Elsass), Baden-Württemberg, Swabia, Switzerland
Occitanie (southern France): Limousin, Auvergne, Provence, Aquitaine, Albret, Gers, Aveyron (Rouerge), Armagnac, Landes, Gascogne, Vivarés, Roussillon, Pyrénées, Bearne, Guyenne, Bigorre, Ain, Hautes Alpes, Ariège, Vienne, Aude, French part of Swiss
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l65b5
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 8 Weight: 750
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k176a
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 6 Weight: 667
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m5d
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 5 Weight: 600
Motif:
h7b2
Shared traditions: 7 All traditions: 12 Weight: 583
Motif:
l42b1
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif:
l9g
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 7 Weight: 571
Motif:
b115a
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 11 Weight: 545
Motif:
m39g2
Shared traditions: 8 All traditions: 15 Weight: 533
Motif:
i102
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 10 Weight: 500
Motif:
k27zz2
Shared traditions: 3 All traditions: 6 Weight: 500
Motif:
k35a4
Shared traditions: 9 All traditions: 18 Weight: 500
Motif:
i59b2
Shared traditions: 10 All traditions: 20 Weight: 500
Motif:
h7c1
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 12 Weight: 500
Motif:
i22g1
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
k37b
Shared traditions: 6 All traditions: 12 Weight: 500
Motif:
h52a
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 10 Weight: 500
Motif:
n31
Shared traditions: 2 All traditions: 4 Weight: 500
Motif:
k25a4a
Shared traditions: 5 All traditions: 10 Weight: 500
Motif:
k80a5
Shared traditions: 4 All traditions: 8 Weight: 500